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   clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:35:53 JST clarity flowers

   i wish more video games were A Short Hike. just give me buttery movement code and a complex twisty nonlinear playground to run around in and the space to fluidly define and redefine my own play objectives

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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:41:12 JST Sashin

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     @clarity It's so good.

     Are there *any* games that come to mind?

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:41:12 JST clarity flowers

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     • Sashin

     @sashin hmmmm. Heat Signature is my other favorite example, in a very different genre. when at their best, the new zeldas capture this energy. mario odyssey’s post-game also does this but not nearly as well and the main story progression was so dull that I didn’t have the energy to engage with it by the time I got there

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:54:14 JST clarity flowers

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     • Sashin

     @sashin yeah in the post game you just roam around the past levels poking around looking for moons and chasing whims.

     heat signature is fascinating because it really doesn’t care what you do with it. it’s got missions of varying difficulties so you can set your own pace, or you can even just ignore them entirely and roam the world doing piracy and looking for cool items

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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 03:54:15 JST Sashin

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     @clarity Oh no, it had a good post game??? I finished the main story and stopped, I hated that Mario!!!

     I've never played heat signature, will check it out!

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:38:04 JST clarity flowers

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     • Brit

     @kingcons god a skating game that nailed this open-ended exploration vibe would be stunning actually.

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     Brit (kingcons@tiny.tilde.website)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 04:38:05 JST Brit

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     @clarity I had not heard about this but it sounds like a cross between a platformer and a skateboarding game the way you're describing it. (I'm suddenly reminded of Dustforce and its great soundtrack)

     Will check it out.